Google has apparently joined Apple in taking down a Hong Kong mapping app under Chinese pressure. The app appears to be part of a popular movement to support pro-democracy local businesses in Hong Kong. https://twitter.com/Fight4HongKong/status/1216302597856006146 …
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Rough machine translation: "Violation of the Sensitive Events Policy: We prohibit any app that doesn't have a reasonable sensitivity to natural disasters, atrocities, conflicts, deaths or other unfortunate events, and we prohibit apps from taking advantage of such events"
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This for an app that is being used by citizens in Hong Kong to look up pro-democracy shops to support with their business. Does Google consider peaceful mass protest to be a conflict, or an unfortunate event?
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A link to the LIHKG forum thread on this topic for those who can read it:https://lihkg.com/thread/1821296/page/1 …
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